{"deed_identifier":"DC.WAS.X23.280.1","deed_county":"Washington DC.","deed_date":"December 12, 1809","deed_type":"Manumission","book":"Book X23, Page 280.","people":[{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Josiah Fox","role":"grantor","color_race":"","sex":"","age":"","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69101","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""},{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Betty","role":"grantee","color_race":"Black (\"negro\")","sex":"Female","age":"","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69096","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""},{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Edwin","role":"enslaved","color_race":"Black (\"negro\")","sex":"Male","age":"9","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69098","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""},{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Betty","role":"enslaved","color_race":"Black (\"negro\")","sex":"Female","age":"","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69099","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""},{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"William Fletcher","role":"enslaved","color_race":"Black (\"negro\")","sex":"Male","age":"22","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69100","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""}],"summaries":[],"abstracts":["Manumission was recorded on 12 December 1809. Josiah Fox of Washington Co. in the District of Columbia, owner of a Negro woman named Betty who is of a healthy constitution and sound in mind and body, grants Betty her freedom at the expiration of seven years from this date. Signed on 11 December 1809 by Josiah Fox.","[First\ndocument] Manumission was recorded on 12 December I 809. Josiah Fox of Washington Co. in\nthe District of Columbia, owner of a Negro boy slave named Edwin who was born on 2 January\n1800, grants Edwin his freedom when Edwin attains the age of 25 on 2 January I 825. Signed on\n11 December 1809 by Josiah Fox.\n[Second document] Manumission was recorded on 12 December 1809. Josiah Fox of\nWashington Co. in the District of Columbia, owner of a Negro woman named Betty who is of a\nhealthy constitution and sound in mind and body, grants Betty her freedom at the expiration of\nseven years from this date. Signed on 11 December 1809 by Josiah Fox.\n[Third document] Manumission was recorded on 12 December 1809. Josiah Fox of Washington\nCo. in the District of Columbia, owner of a Negro man named William Fletcher, otherwise\nknown as William Fox and William Oakley, who is about 22 years old and who is of a healthy\nconstitution and sound in mind and body, grants William his freedom henceforth [from this time\non]. Signed on 11 December 1809 by Josiah Fox."],"compiler_notes":[]}